--- title: She does not run about stupidly and awkwardly, for she knows what sh… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She does not run about stupidly and awkwardly, for she knows what she wants, she knows what she can do, she's as soft as a zephyr and as strong as a storm; she knows how to begin a thing carefully, and to have her own way. Who acts: Dutchman. 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C. Andersen, The Windmill. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Dutchman), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg27200:213:14 # text = She does not run about stupidly and awkwardly, for she knows what she wants, she knows what she can do, she's as soft as a zephyr and as strong as a storm; she knows how to begin a thing carefully, and to have her own way. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 stupidly stupidly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 awkwardly awkwardly ADV RB _ 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 for for SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 obj _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 19 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 22 obj _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 as as ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 28 as as ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 zephyr zephyr NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 as as ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 34 as as ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 40 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 begin begin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 50 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 51 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **run about** | present · do-support | Dutchman | | | | | stupidly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **know** | present | Dutchman | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **want** | present | Dutchman | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 4 | **know** | present | Dutchman | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **do** | can | Dutchman | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 6 | **is** | present | Dutchman | | | | | as a zephyr; soft *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | | Dutchman *not said here* | | | | | as a storm | tree rules | | 8 | **know** | present | Dutchman | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **begin** | to-infinitive | | a thing | | | | carefully *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 10 | **have** | to-infinitive | Dutchman *not said here* | Dutchman's own way | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/213/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/213/15/) - ↑ back to [The Windmill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/213/)